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they said no to the climate change law. the groups are told and the list goes on and on and we move forward. some of the most powerful solutions come from the government and also grassroots, the people power. notte from paris or moscow or beijing. finally, i learned quickly that post partisan way of governing is the most effective way. if it believes it can only use the ideas of the right and the left, you would never be able to move forward. you would never go and be successful. we saw that in california and other states and we have seen the post partisanship all over the world. here in the u.s. we hope we will bring the most brilliant ideas and solutions to the forefront the matter what the ideology is behind it. that is our mission. we will research with all of the brain power that we can muster and produce solutions that can be used only for the state but all over the world. this isn't just an idea institute although we will research the best ideas with this is an action institute to protect and export the californian d
they said no to the climate change law. the groups are told and the list goes on and on and we move forward. some of the most powerful solutions come from the government and also grassroots, the people power. notte from paris or moscow or beijing. finally, i learned quickly that post partisan way of governing is the most effective way. if it believes it can only use the ideas of the right and the left, you would never be able to move forward. you would never go and be successful. we saw that in...
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law, blog, blog. but it's a sanguine letter and gives an indication of how quickly news could travel. this is a today's empowered the injured and are to his getting letters from home expressing condoled as in concern. this is a transcription of the telegraph that was done to to inform the howard family in maine that he had been injured or have been wounded. and then within a day is a veteran from howard.com, written obviously with his left hand, so you get a sense, something has happened here, that is well enough to want to write, but videos that makes the good old college try of writing left-handed because he didn't have another choice. bitter he was awarded medal of honor for his service. a year later we have another letter from him, again to guy. you can see he is sort of figured out how to write with his left hand. at least this illegible letter now. this is a great letter for a couple reasons. why does he use camp and outside of chat is at this point and anticipation through georgia. and he write
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in a way the institutions are so big that they are shielded because even with that massive trading law you see jpmorgan returning profits, so they are very respective but we have created the system where the biggar just gigantic. estimate and they know that they will be built up by the taxpayer and that creates what they call moral hazard. describe -- this is a great question because we get a bill but to much inside baseball journalism in the world all three of us. describe the problems inherent in the optional arm product and its aggressive push by wamu. >> that is a great question because we didn't get into that. wamu basically everyone knows for their sub prime lending that one of the risky products and actually biggest is the option armload so this is an incredibly dodging mortgage where you could actually choose between the various options each month, you pay your loan. one of the options is to pay the minimum balance and the amount you weren't paying gets tacked on to your principal cingular krin that you just don't know it because you are fooling yourself thinking you are paying
in a way the institutions are so big that they are shielded because even with that massive trading law you see jpmorgan returning profits, so they are very respective but we have created the system where the biggar just gigantic. estimate and they know that they will be built up by the taxpayer and that creates what they call moral hazard. describe -- this is a great question because we get a bill but to much inside baseball journalism in the world all three of us. describe the problems...
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think of those as kind of medium-large law firms. again, all of us, we are of producing the same kind of document. if you were out in a private sector law firm, you still have to submit the same pleading to a judge, but we produce them in different ways. some people use words, some people use more robust tools to do that. we rely on other legislative branches to provide input cent of that. now, the problem is that there is not that cohesive architecture, and the structure of the house makes it hard to acquire that of the folks actually producing the data. we are trying. you know, i think it is folks who are leading by example, and that -- as we start to bring on line some other tools like face to, i think you're going to see efforts to try and bring committees along to try and provide that kind of meeting dated or other kinds of data that would be helpful. it is sort of right here where we are right now, that is probably one of the things that we don't do particularly well. the other thing, and this is just by nature of the instituti
think of those as kind of medium-large law firms. again, all of us, we are of producing the same kind of document. if you were out in a private sector law firm, you still have to submit the same pleading to a judge, but we produce them in different ways. some people use words, some people use more robust tools to do that. we rely on other legislative branches to provide input cent of that. now, the problem is that there is not that cohesive architecture, and the structure of the house makes it...
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would you agree we need new copyright laws to stop online privacy like sopa? >> some of you may be familiar with "cult to have amateur" which argued that the free economy was very problematic in terms of supporting a professional class of writers, musicians, film makers on the internet. and i showed in the book that as we had the expansion of the internet and particularly free content on the internet, we've seen this crisis at the music industry, the closing of newspapers and impending crisis at the publishing business which i'm very familiar with as an author. i wrote that book in 2007. it was heavily criticized by people like lessig who argued that i was a reactionary, that i was wrong. but i think in the five years since that book has come out, my position is actually much stronger than people like, say, chris anderson whose book "the long tail" argue with the the emergence of a viable cottage industry of creative people who would be able to earn a living selling their product online. i think what's amend over the last five years is that it's harder and har
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[laughter] you violated the law. and i said they were bad laws. their customs, they were tradition, and we wanted america to be better to live up to the declaration of independence, make real our democracy. when i got arrested the first time this books and i felt free. i felt liberated and today more than ever i feel free in the liberated. abraham lincoln 150 years ago freed the slaves but it took the modern-day civil rights movement to elaborate a nation. [applause] i know some of you are asking where did you get the name "across that bridge," where do to get the title from, life lessons and the vision for change? just like a few short years ago since this is an election year, hundreds and thousands and millions of people come in 11 states and the old confederacy from virginia to texas couldn't register to vote simply cause of the color of their skin. people stood in line. it took a state like the state of mississippi in 1963, 1964, 1965 more than four need to keep those in the but only about 16 those and were registered to vote. there was a coun
[laughter] you violated the law. and i said they were bad laws. their customs, they were tradition, and we wanted america to be better to live up to the declaration of independence, make real our democracy. when i got arrested the first time this books and i felt free. i felt liberated and today more than ever i feel free in the liberated. abraham lincoln 150 years ago freed the slaves but it took the modern-day civil rights movement to elaborate a nation. [applause] i know some of you are...
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this was the rule of law and he is president was going to take care of the law. it made it much easier, and easier pill for the south to swallow. [applause] >> jonathan is great to be with you today and with all the booklovers at this fabulous festival and with a very distinguished biographer, jean edward smith way think has contributed immeasurably to the eisenhower scholarship and i have to agree he was underestimated definitely and i'm so glad that you have written such a powerful book. i think it's fascinating in reading the book to see that more of the book is focused on the military career, even though as you've just spent almost most of your time talking about the incredible eight years of of the eisenhardt registration, the estate leaned over and whispered to me i have never heard the interstate highway system applauded before. pretty exciting. first-time. >> all those people who were applauding are now going to get on 395 and be stuck in traffic or three hours. [laughter] powerbook is a different kind of book. it's a memoir. it's david's memoir about lif
this was the rule of law and he is president was going to take care of the law. it made it much easier, and easier pill for the south to swallow. [applause] >> jonathan is great to be with you today and with all the booklovers at this fabulous festival and with a very distinguished biographer, jean edward smith way think has contributed immeasurably to the eisenhower scholarship and i have to agree he was underestimated definitely and i'm so glad that you have written such a powerful...
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the law, but kentucky held out until the 20th century. the late 20th century, emancipating or supporting that amendment. that's impressive for a state that stayed in the union, and it was lincoln's home state too, of course. >> that's right. with that as a backdrop, why do you say "lincoln's forgotten ally"? >> i think because of the nature of the kentucky's post war history. if he was a union man and the state was really somewhat angry at the direction the union policy took, then there's not much to celebrate about holt; right? he was, in many ways, lincoln's hammer, and if you really didn't like emancipation and so on, and so kentucky wouldn't be inclined to celebrate him other than maybe the unionists in the state. he was also an intensely private person. someone who never sought elected officings and so he didn't do a whole lot to promote himself, although he lived a long life into the late 1800s, 1894 he died, but he retreated in the last 20 years of life into pretty much a private world and didn't promote himself. i also think that
the law, but kentucky held out until the 20th century. the late 20th century, emancipating or supporting that amendment. that's impressive for a state that stayed in the union, and it was lincoln's home state too, of course. >> that's right. with that as a backdrop, why do you say "lincoln's forgotten ally"? >> i think because of the nature of the kentucky's post war history. if he was a union man and the state was really somewhat angry at the direction the union policy...
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school produce more law students. faster than united states, or better, worse. [laughter] commercialize the media and dynamic. and interest group policy all kind of interest groups. none of them existed in 1989. in china. so this provide stabilizing force for peace and transition but party need to transform itself before it too late. yet the series of discussion, lectures, among social groups talk about the legitimacy of tiny spark of how this can have the how it is possible. [inaudible] so that's the very important lesson. this critical moment the china experience. this conjunction of history. so in a way your question, you know, the leadership, the confidence. in many ways they also sense in a moment of the full ability. but it's unclear whether they will really transform the party because it's very coming in the, you either change it for of tim and. are you change with issues, different life. you should also, again, all these issues, plus china's economy, we haven't talked about, slow down. that was result of the p
school produce more law students. faster than united states, or better, worse. [laughter] commercialize the media and dynamic. and interest group policy all kind of interest groups. none of them existed in 1989. in china. so this provide stabilizing force for peace and transition but party need to transform itself before it too late. yet the series of discussion, lectures, among social groups talk about the legitimacy of tiny spark of how this can have the how it is possible. [inaudible] so...
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we're not starting my law firm and other businesses i wasn't look at regulation. i was looking how to make a profit. that's what small business people look at. they're not saying what i can not codo did. that's the way american entrepreneurial spirit is. you're so far removed for twelve years from reality, i don't think you know what a small business is unless it's a hedge fund. >> moderator: mr. powell, question for congressman cantor. powell: now this was a difficult thing for me, i have so say. people can tell i'm a bit passionate here. i was going to ask about the u.s. treasury bonds. not to do that or why you carved out the spouse exception or why you took $5 million. i decide the i would ask a question on a personal note inspect is for my son. this is for my son. last year when you and the president were in budget standoff, that threatened to shut down the federal government, you voted to continue paying members of congress including yourself in the event of a shutdown. at the same time you voted against a bill which ensure that members of the armed services
we're not starting my law firm and other businesses i wasn't look at regulation. i was looking how to make a profit. that's what small business people look at. they're not saying what i can not codo did. that's the way american entrepreneurial spirit is. you're so far removed for twelve years from reality, i don't think you know what a small business is unless it's a hedge fund. >> moderator: mr. powell, question for congressman cantor. powell: now this was a difficult thing for me, i...
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and the law school. he received his jd from yale and served as the yale law journal. after clerking for steven briar when he was judge of the u.s. court of appeal for the first circuit he joined the faculty of yale in 1985. professor amar is the coed or -- of the constitutional decision making and the author of several other books including the "constitution and criminal procedure" "bill of rights." most recently" america's unwritten constitution" the honorable clarence thomas has served as justice of the supreme court of the united states for nearly 21 years. he attended conception seminary and received an a. b. from the college the the holy cross. the j.d. from yale law school. and serves as the assistant attorney general of missouri from 1974 to 1977. and legislative assistant to senator john to 192079 '81. he served as the assistant secretary of the civil rights in the u.s. department of education, and chairman of the u.s. equal opportunity commission from 1982 to 1990. he became a judge of the u.s.
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do we today in our law and our culture give enough credit to that refunding? >> you think of the great moments in our history. we talk about of course the revolution, certainly the constitution that we celebrate now, 225 years. it was all coming apart and the country as we know today is reshaped after the civil war. the constitutional law what would it look like if there were no 14th amendment to the states. there is so much that goes beyond the war. i tell my clerks we have to go to gettysburg. this isn't just about pulling these little threads out of what we do every day about journalism and original was on and we argue it is much bigger than that. i see some people here who argue before the court. i'm not once thought the people who came here did not understand that what we did is larger than who we are that we would engage in enterprise to preserve something that is truly great. dewey agree? no more than the agree, no more than nason and hamilton agreed. but do we say they do not want it to work? no. that's the beauty of the, the people. we agree that we s
do we today in our law and our culture give enough credit to that refunding? >> you think of the great moments in our history. we talk about of course the revolution, certainly the constitution that we celebrate now, 225 years. it was all coming apart and the country as we know today is reshaped after the civil war. the constitutional law what would it look like if there were no 14th amendment to the states. there is so much that goes beyond the war. i tell my clerks we have to go to...
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that was the reality before the law. millions of people in our country including 1.5 million new jerseyans with no insurance whatsoever going to an american -- as their primary care source and we had a set of circumstances in which insurance companies could freely discriminate against individuals. based on preexisting conditions. all of that is largely done away with the affordable care act when we get to full implementation. in fact many small businesses in our state have already begun to get access to the subsidies to offer insurance and so controlling costs, moving to a preventative health care system and making sure that we end the discrimination on insurance and making sure people are covered so they're not they are not driving the cost in an emergency room. >> moderator: senator kyrillos. kyrillos: i've been pretty clear about my position and we can talk about it now or another time. with regard to judges senator, i think it sometime -- point we will talk about the judge being held up for so long and contrast that
that was the reality before the law. millions of people in our country including 1.5 million new jerseyans with no insurance whatsoever going to an american -- as their primary care source and we had a set of circumstances in which insurance companies could freely discriminate against individuals. based on preexisting conditions. all of that is largely done away with the affordable care act when we get to full implementation. in fact many small businesses in our state have already begun to get...
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it's an issue that's already the law. so my question to you, what is american legion's position -- deeply that our soldiers that are putting their lives on the line each and every day for us, should they be wearing clothing made in the united states of america? >> the answer is yes. the american legion believes that -- [applause] >> i'm should the american legion and american people believe that all of the equipment should be made in the united states of america. and there you go again, talking about jobs. put americans to work making these boots. that will provide jobs here at home. star i want to thank you very much, national commander. and just for the record, i know congressman duncan hunter who is a republican colleague from california, he and i are writing a letter to encourage your colleagues to sign that letter, to the administration requiring them to comply with the intent of the law. and it's unfortunate we have to do that, and hopefully we will see some changes in that regard. take you very much. i yield back.
it's an issue that's already the law. so my question to you, what is american legion's position -- deeply that our soldiers that are putting their lives on the line each and every day for us, should they be wearing clothing made in the united states of america? >> the answer is yes. the american legion believes that -- [applause] >> i'm should the american legion and american people believe that all of the equipment should be made in the united states of america. and there you go...
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law, economics and public policy at the yale law school. he also happens to be aei's chairman of our council economic advisors. george was supposed to be coming down from laguardia. he was at laguardia today. his plane got canceled. they were saying there were technical different consults as they often do on the shuttle. aei was a hotbed of deregulatory research in '70s and '80s that led to airline deregulation. looks like we have a lot of work we still have to do. so but it is good to have george even if just over a teleconference. joining us is jeff eisenach. he served as senior positions at u.s. fred trillion trade commission and office of management and budget. adjunct professor at the george mason university school of law. he is also visiting scholar here at aei, recently added to our roster. jeff, good to have you here. we're joined and pleased to note randy picker. randy currently teaches classes in antitrust law and network industries among other disciplines at university of chicago law school. coauthor of the book, game theory and
law, economics and public policy at the yale law school. he also happens to be aei's chairman of our council economic advisors. george was supposed to be coming down from laguardia. he was at laguardia today. his plane got canceled. they were saying there were technical different consults as they often do on the shuttle. aei was a hotbed of deregulatory research in '70s and '80s that led to airline deregulation. looks like we have a lot of work we still have to do. so but it is good to have...
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he hasn't broken any law. okay, i think we all can accept the nomination for presidency. look, the only trashing that has been done over the last three and a half years is to our economy and to our international stature and that has been done by this president. and actually, chris, i personally have complimented president obama many times and i'll be listened to my radio show now i share to do a fair amount. look, president obama might not know a lot about economics, but he does a mean karaoke. siliceous celebrate that. let's all hold hearings. mus back so in love with you. ♪ ishat all? come on. imagine mitt romney doing that. ♪ i'm so in love with you. >> i'm sorry, you've got to give it to both sides. our second obamagasm award. there's a priester, i can go to confession. goes to someone who celebrated a movement, not just an individual. this was on october 11, abcs, and i'm going to do her voice, diane sawyer of the perpetually heavy breathing voice, who's trying with a very blurry lines. last night i actually liked diane. i'm sorry, i feel guilty doing this, was t
he hasn't broken any law. okay, i think we all can accept the nomination for presidency. look, the only trashing that has been done over the last three and a half years is to our economy and to our international stature and that has been done by this president. and actually, chris, i personally have complimented president obama many times and i'll be listened to my radio show now i share to do a fair amount. look, president obama might not know a lot about economics, but he does a mean karaoke....
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and the law school. he received his jd from yale and served as the yale law journal. after clerking for steven briar when he was judge of the u.s. court of appeal for the first circuit he joined the faculty of yale in 1985. professor amar is the coed or -- of the constitutional decision making and the author of several other books including the "constitution and criminal procedure" "bill of rights." most recently" america's unwritten constitution" the honorable clarence thomas has served as justice of the supreme court of the united states for nearly 21 years. he attended conception seminary and received an a. b. from the college the the holy cross. the j.d. from yale law school. and serves as the assistant attorney general of missouri from 1974 to 1977. and legislative assistant to senator john to 192079 '81. he served as the assistant secretary of the civil rights in the u.s. department of education, and chairman of the u.s. equal opportunity commission from 1982 to 1990. he became a judge of the u.s.
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and the old arizona law which is paper, please, that's a terrible discriminatory law. my opponent wants to bring it to nevada. heller: i say we agree and 80% of clinically the 20% we didn't agree. amnesty. that's what she supports at the end of the day. if you put a blanket amnesty down on the floor of the house of representatives, she would support. let's step back for just a moment. people come in -- the hispanic so, to my office, they are concerned about the dream act and the concerned about other things. they're concerned about their families, jobs. they're concerned about the education for the kids. these are the issues we have to solve unsolved for the hispanic community. they are unemployment again is half a percent higher. we have to put together jobs and programs that have to work every time. every time i posted she would vote for the jobsite, the unemployment has gotten higher. higher in this state. that has to change. i remember when she was jumping around saying the stimulus would create jobs in nevada. we were losing 65,000 jobs in nevada. every time she t
and the old arizona law which is paper, please, that's a terrible discriminatory law. my opponent wants to bring it to nevada. heller: i say we agree and 80% of clinically the 20% we didn't agree. amnesty. that's what she supports at the end of the day. if you put a blanket amnesty down on the floor of the house of representatives, she would support. let's step back for just a moment. people come in -- the hispanic so, to my office, they are concerned about the dream act and the concerned about...
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to determine the fraud laws that drives the guidelines. and one of the things that fdasia did was direct a sense, u.s. sentencing commission to do a review of the sentencing guidelines, regarding counterfeit drug offenses. so i think we may see some increases there. there may be some enhancements that were not there before. so i'm not sure if -- >> it does indeed. thank you so much. why don't we open it up. we will go here and maybe -- is there another one somewhere? >> the hi. dr. rogers. there's been, there's been at least one federal case that both oci and doj where part of, we say, that recently concluded with guilty pleas were a drug pedigrees were involved in some way. i'm referring here to the lab in your cargo theft a few years ago, and then it was reintroduced into the legitimate supply chain. and at least one person, two people actually pled guilty to that, recently sentenced. i'm hoping now that that is concluded if you could come and give us an idea how important that pedigree was, if at all in the investigation, prosecuting an
to determine the fraud laws that drives the guidelines. and one of the things that fdasia did was direct a sense, u.s. sentencing commission to do a review of the sentencing guidelines, regarding counterfeit drug offenses. so i think we may see some increases there. there may be some enhancements that were not there before. so i'm not sure if -- >> it does indeed. thank you so much. why don't we open it up. we will go here and maybe -- is there another one somewhere? >> the hi. dr....
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but you cannot have a law against that. this is free speech. people have the right to be stupid and say outrageous things. one thing -- one of the reasons i became an american, it's because, again, let me use this as a secularist and use that language, because of what i would call my secular bible which is the bill of rights and the constitution, the federalist papers and everything authored by jefferson, lincoln, all these great guys. it's because the constitution, and i want the american president and every american official to remind the people of this constitution every day and to remind the egyptians and the pakistanis and anybody who doesn't like it, this is our constitution. take it or leave it. live with it. [applause] let me tell you another thing. if you pile the books and the articles that were written against islam in the last 1400 years in europe written by europeans, you would end up with a middle-sized pyramid. [laughter] that did not prevent them -- that fact did not prevent islam from being in the last few decades and generatio
but you cannot have a law against that. this is free speech. people have the right to be stupid and say outrageous things. one thing -- one of the reasons i became an american, it's because, again, let me use this as a secularist and use that language, because of what i would call my secular bible which is the bill of rights and the constitution, the federalist papers and everything authored by jefferson, lincoln, all these great guys. it's because the constitution, and i want the american...
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how the law helps this. a fundamental dissidents within the application of the law. how can we use that to assist us? >> at think one of the things that you're pointing to is the way in which women's health and reproductive health our friend as different from the rest of health care. >> exactly. >> that is disconcerting that even from advocates of women's health care access we hear so much about this is an issue that should be important to women and women should vote on this and be concerned about this.
how the law helps this. a fundamental dissidents within the application of the law. how can we use that to assist us? >> at think one of the things that you're pointing to is the way in which women's health and reproductive health our friend as different from the rest of health care. >> exactly. >> that is disconcerting that even from advocates of women's health care access we hear so much about this is an issue that should be important to women and women should vote on this...